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Looking for signs of autism in characters from history and literature can offer insight into society’s changing perceptions through time — but it can also increase the risk of stigma against people with the condition.

Autistic men show a greater imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory signaling in the brain than autistic women do, which could explain sex differences in ‘camouflaging.’

People who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are.

Lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person's likelihood of having autism, according to a new analysis.

Interviews with autistic people reveal that many miss their friends and opportunities for social connection, in stark contrast to orthodox views that they have little social motivation and prefer a life of self-isolation.

While much of the world's operations have sputtered to a halt, some labs have found ways to keep science moving forward.

Young adults with autism face many new expectations and challenges — with none of the support that is available during high school.

New thinking about repetitive behaviors suggests they provide stress relief and fun for autistic people; as such, these behaviors deserve careful management.

Photographs show how a camp in St. Petersburg this summer helped children on the spectrum and their families find some fun during the pandemic.

Conversations between an autistic and a typical person involve less smiling and more mismatched facial expressions than do interactions between two typical people.

Eric Fombonne spoke with Spectrum about the possibilities that autism is overdiagnosed in adults and that camouflaging traits is not unique to the condition.

The brainstem controls such disparate functions as breathing, sensation and sleep — all of which can be altered in autism.

Women who use marijuana while pregnant may be more likely to give birth to an autistic child. But investigators call for a cautious interpretation of the results.

The Netflix series that follows 20-something autistic adults looking for love is well intentioned but fails to capture reality and is riddled with bad advice.

A pair of tools that gauge social abilities in rhesus macaques may help researchers study autism-like behaviors in monkeys.